MUSEUMS OF ULAN-UDE
Museum of History of Buryatia
named after M. Khangalov
- 29, Profsoyuznaya Street
- Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10.00 am to 06.00 pm;
Sunday from 10.00 am to 05.00 pm;
Closed on Monday.
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It’s one of the oldest museums of Siberia. It was opened in 1923 and it got its name in 1958. M. Khangalov was a famous Buryat ethnographer. Today museum is a scientific – lore center of Transbaikalia. There are more than 100 000 articles in the exhibitions of the museum. Unique collection of the Buddhist art, rare books, written records of ancient Orient, Atlas of Tibetan Medicine - a monument of classical Tibetan culture, is kept here. There are 3 such atlases in the world. There are 2 instant exhibitions in the museum, they are “Chronograph of Buryatia” and “Sacred picture of the world in Buddhist art: compassion, wisdom and spiritual power – sacral art of Buryatia”. History of religions such as Buddhism, Russian Orthodox Church, Shamanism on the territory of Buryatia. There are 2 precious Buddhist manuscripts – Ganjur and Danjur. Archeological discoveries on the territory of republic.
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